No Going Back: Defeat, the Far Right, and the Press
James Butler is joined by Owen Jones to take stock as the Left faces 2020.
Tag: media
Opinion: If a Royal Couple Can’t Challenge Britain’s Sick Press, What Hope Does a Progressive Politician Have?
No one expected it to be Harry and Meghan who led the charge against the depraved British press, writes Aaron Bastani, but the way the Duke and Duchess are being treated shows why no one else could do it, and makes a compelling case for media reform.
Long Read: The Centrist Delusion: ‘Middle Ground’ Politics Aren’t Moderate, They’re Dangerous
In every civilisation, the centre ground of political opinion has been home to dangerous, inaccurate and oppressive ideas. The toxic centrism currently pervading Britain and rest of the world requires a rapid, bold, ambitious change of direction, writes Raoul Martinez.
GE2019: Predatory, Poisonous, Vacuous. To Understand Boris Johnson Start With the Spectator
The Spectator, like Johnson, reveals much that is wrong with British politics, argues Aaron Bastani. Elite capture by the billionaire class; the disintegration of any barrier, and thus accountability, between media and politics; the evacuation of any core values beyond opportunism and self-enrichment; a predatory disposition to the public at large.
Opinion: To Be Impartial the BBC Must Change Its Relationship to Britain’s Billionaire-owned Newspapers
As someone born in Britain the BBC is one of the institutions I am most proud of, writes Aaron Bastani, but it could be so much better, offering a genuine counterweight to a billionaire class intent on rigging the country’s democratic process. It won’t do that, and live up to its own charter, until it re-thinks its relationship to the rightwing press.
Billionaires Control the Media
Billionaires control the media, and it’s undermining our democracy. The broadcast media amplify the right-wing print media meaning the political agenda is always set by, you guessed it, billionaires.
GE2019: The Media Is Biased Against Jeremy Corbyn – but Does That Even Matter in This Election?
As a general election approaches, the biased British press is expected to ramp up its campaign to delegitimise and demonise Jeremy Corbyn, writes professor Bart Cammaerts. But how much power does the press actually have anymore, when social media now allows politicians to speak directly to the electorate?
Ash Sarkar DESTROYS… Herself?
Recently conservative culture warriors Ben Shapiro and Nigel Farage were both delivered a beating by BBC bulldogs Andrew Neil and Andrew Marr. But are televised debates really the best way to combat the alt right? Or are they kinda dumb?
British Tabloids Amplified Terrorist Propaganda Following Christchurch Attack, Analysis Finds
Exclusive: Analysis by campaign group estimates the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and the Sun may have helped disseminate white supremacist propaganda to more than 1 million people in the aftermath of shootings at two New Zealand mosques.
RIP EuroShanly…
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin mourn the demise of the EuroShanly movement and discuss Sky News morphing into Fox News, SATs and Labour's education policy.
You’ll Never Walk Alone: Remembering Hillsborough 30 Years On
Today marks the 30-year anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster - a crush during a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium that killed 96 Liverpool fans. Jess Thorne reflects on the police management, media cover-up and political context of what remains the worst disaster in British sporting history.
Netanyahu’s Electoral Alliance With the Far Right is Frightening, But It’s Nothing Radically New
Back in February, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was forming an electoral alliance with the nation's foremost fascist party Otzma Yehudit. Douglas Gerrard argues that while this alliance is certainly bleak, there’s much Western journalists discussing these elections are missing.
Don’t Join the Euro, Join the Euro-Shanly Movement
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly aka “EuroShanly” Labour’s prospective Lexiteer MEP (if needed) chat about Brexit, booting scabs off select committees and the racism of the British press 🚮 thanks and all the best.
I’m Sorry, the BBC Has Now Lost It
From ‘public’ audiences filled with Tory activists to not even attempting to have political balance on panels – and even getting the most basic of facts wrong, Aaron Bastani thinks the jury is clearly out. The BBC has totally lost it when it comes to news and current affairs.
“I’m Having the Time of My Life!” | Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar Meet John McDonnell
John McDonnell MP, the Shadow Chancellor, dropped in to the Novara Media studio at The World Transformed to discuss Marx, flak from the press, and drop hints on the identity of the future governor of the Bank of England.
It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Britain’s News
After a week in which Corbyn was branded a fascist and Theresa May a freedom fighter, Michael Walker digs beneath the bullshit of British news.
Grenfell: One Year On
One year on from the Grenfell Tower fire, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Luke Barratt to discuss the political aftermath of the fire, the progress of the inquiry, and the survivors' struggle for justice.
Sticks and Stones May Break Owen Jones, but Words Will Never Hurt Him
Owen Jones joins Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly on All The Best for a lively discussion on Lycamobile scandal, the Windrush scandal, problems with the media and a general salting sesh.